US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Ziegler Communications is the Prime contractor responsible for the management, maintenance and operations of Government-owned Avaya PBX Systems for the NRC Region IV. Ziegler provides telecommunications support services including service maintenance for Avaya hardware, software, and associated sub-components.
Ziegler performs system equipment updates, this includes a review and audit on the condition of Avaya communication systems on a quarterly basis. We provide maintenance support to analyze status and condition of systems, identify issues or any performance concerns, including software updates and patches or release levels that may be necessary. We also install Avaya software release upgrades and/or patches to keep telephone system in good working order.
The system status checks and condition review activities include software compatibility audit scans, including software and firmware. An audit check was run to generate a report showing the installed software and firmware versions on all upgradeable devices in the Avaya Communication Server (CS1000E) and Communication Manager (CM). Based upon the scan results, current release levels of the systems were identified. We also provide recommendation to help ensure the most current service packs are running across the infrastructure. Patch install recommendations are described in detail for each of the system/equipment, mainly to keep the system in good working order, and as recommended, to maintain the Avaya equipment at the most current operating system level.
General Services Administration
For over 7 years, Ziegler has provided GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Network Services Program (NSP) the subject matter expertise (SME) and acquisition support in the translation of business requirements into telecommunications (e.g., LAN, MAN, WAN, Voice and Video) solutions, including transition planning, network designs and various task orders for telecommunications and network infrastructure requirements.
Ziegler Communications served as telecommunications consultant for GSA FAS NSP providing professional advisory IT support services, acquisition planning, and contract administration of GSA contract vehicles for communications and enterprise infrastructure solutions. We provided in-depth engineering analysis of telecommunications alternatives for government agencies in support of their strategic modernization efforts and telecommunications enhancement design for medium and large-scale telecommunication infrastructures. Ziegler has successfully helped and supported GSA agency customers plan, anticipate, conceive, architect, assess, prove, deploy, and manage mission-critical technology-based communication infrastructure solutions.
City of Virginia Beach Communications and Information Technology Department
Developed a roadmap and assessment of the city’s IP telephony assets and enterprise voice service which comprise a multitude of traditional circuit-switched voice, legacy PBX and IP-enabled voice systems, outdatedLMR (Land Mobile Radio) devices and various communications equipment among others. The goal was to prepare and plan for the migration of the city's non-public safety units from traditional voice and legacy platform to an integrated unified communications hosted or cloud-based platform. Our company p erformed an assessment and inventory of existing assets, performed product research, conducted surveys and technical evaluation and collaborated with leading technology vendors and suppliers of Unified Communications (UC) software and solutions including:
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Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) and Microsoft Lync
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Avaya Aura® Communication Manager
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Twisted Pair Solutions' WAVE® Software
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager)
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Motorola Unified Communications Software/Device
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Verizon Cloud-based Unified Communications and Collaboration as a Service
US Postal Service
Collaborated with IT to develope and design solutions to support USPS business segment and bulk mailers for an enhanced USPS Facility Access and Shipment Tracking system.
The PostalOne!® system offers a Web-based alternative to existing manual mailing processes with an electronic suite of services designed exclusively for business mailers. It is an information management system that sets the foundation for a seamless acceptance mailing process. The system provides an electronic linkage between a customer’s mailing information and Postal Service business mail acceptance and induction processes. This collaboration will give customers a streamlined process for mail entry, payment, tracking and reporting.
Project managed and maintain scheduled software release and upgrades to the systems EDI (Electronic Data Exchange). There were three methods that allow postal bulk mailers to submit postage statements electronically:
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Postal Wizard®
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Mail.dat®
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Mail.XML
Level 3 Communications
Supported proposal development, capture management, and solutions engineering support for Level 3 flagship products and services in the Federal markets segment.
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DISA/DITCO Point-toPoint Transmission Services (Private Line, Dark Fiber, Ethernet, etc)
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Washington Interagency Telecommunications System (WITS) 3 (PBX systems, SIP Trunking, VoIP, Audio/Video Conferencing)